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Originally Posted by talk2cpu
Looking for a little advice.
We are looking to upgrade from a bumper pull to a 5th wheel. The trailer maximum is 12995 lbs and dry hitch weight is 1980 lbs. The truck is a used 2014 Ram 2500 Laramie diesel with a mega cab. Tow capacity is well over the 13000 lbs for the truck, however the door sticker states the trucks cargo capacity is only 1800 lbs. The numbers I see on this forum tell me the truck cargo will NOT be enough to safely tow this trailer. I am sure the pin weight will be more than the stated "dry" pin weight when we are loaded. Am I seeing this correctly?
Thanks in advance for advice.
Tom
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As a note. My 12300 GVWR cougar has a advertised pin weight of a little over 1,600 lb dry. The actual loaded pin weight of my trailer is between 2300 and 2400 pounds depending on what we've loaded in the front end.
When I bought this trailer I had an F250 with a stickered payload of 2600 lb, but by the time we had everything in the truck that we take camping and the trailer loaded we were nearly a thousand pounds over the GVWR of that F250.
You can figure between 22 and 25% of the GVWR for your PIN weight
Hence the F-350 dually.
Javi